Twenty-three years ago, as a 24 year old, she burst into India's filmi consciousness as a cute teenybopper in Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai.
A year later, in 2001, she once again wooed the nation as Sakina, the Pakistani girl who falls in love with an Indian man in Gadar: Ek Prem Katha.
Twenty-two years later, she returned in Gadar 2 to steal India's heart as a mother to a grown-up son.
The only thing that causes confusion is that Ameesha Patel doesn't seem to have aged.
The 47 year old's Instagram account is proof!
IMAGE: That skin... still flawless. All photograph: Kind courtesy Ameesha Patel/Instagram
IMAGE: Pink, blue, yellow, red... no colour is a challenge!
IMAGE: Now, even the sun is looking at Ameesha.
IMAGE: And she looks right back.
IMAGE: Glamming it up, diva style!
IMAGE: Sometimes, though, she gives her make-up a holiday.
IMAGE: Uff! Idhar dekhoon ki udhar dekhoon.
IMAGE: Would Tara Singh recognise his Sakina?
IMAGE: This lass sure loves her brands.
IMAGE: That, clearly, is Ameesha Patel's state of mind, especially after the success of Gadar 2.